Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
I never knew and got curious and looked it up. I guess it makes more sense than slamming your testicals against the wall.
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·5 days agoAnother fun phrase with similar etymology is “pulling out all the stops”. It comes from church organs, where the stops are all of the levers that can change the timbre
minus-squareLifecoach5000@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 days agoOhhhh this makes sense too! I actually have a pipe organ in my garage so I know exactly what you’re talking about!
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoI want a pipe organ in my garage.
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 days agoI want a garage in my pipe organ.
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agocomedy genius. really useful.
Another fun phrase with similar etymology is “pulling out all the stops”. It comes from church organs, where the stops are all of the levers that can change the timbre
Ohhhh this makes sense too! I actually have a pipe organ in my garage so I know exactly what you’re talking about!
I want a pipe organ in my garage.
I want a garage in my pipe organ.
comedy genius. really useful.
Found Dewey!